The Bukig National Agricultural and Technical School (BNATS) begun as the Bukig National Rural High School at the instance of community elders and leaders who felt the dire need for secondary education for their children. It was created by the virtue of RA 2395 authored by the late Cong. Felipe Garduque of the 1st District of Cagayan and passed by the Philippine Congress in 1959. Formal operation begun on July 1, 1960 offering the Secondary Agriculture and Agricultural Homemaking Curricula.
